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Patent GB-190627958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Washing Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 27,958. Boult, A. J., [Goldman & G'o., E.]. Dec. 7. Washing.-Washing-machines for cleansing, in particular, filtering-material such as is commonly used in filters for filtering liquors, are constructed with a conoidal deflector or spreading-device arranged at one end upon which the filtering-material and cleansing-liquid are caused to impinge continuously by a propeller working axially in a tubular housing or funnel and placed in alinement with the spreader. Air and water are driven in at the bottom, and a cylindrical rotary eduction screen is geared to the propeller. The receptacle A in which the material is treated is of any suitable form but, preferably, has a semicylindrical bottom a, parallel sides, and a rectangular top a<2> provided with a hinged lid by means of which the material is introduced. The propeller D may be of any suitable construction ; its shaft D<1> runs in a stuffing-box bearing D<2>, placed near the bottom of the receptacle at one end, and in a second bearing on a bracket D<6>. The shaft D' also carries a driving-pulley D<7> and a sprocket-wheel D<8> which gears by means of a chain with two sprocket-wheels D<10>, D<12> integral one with the other and journaled on a stud D", and by means of a second chain with a sprocket-wheel C<3> fixed to one hollow trunnion C<2> of the rotary screen C. The overflow from the receptacle A passes through the screen C and its hollow trunnions C', C', carried in suitably-arranged bearings c, c', to pipes C<4>, C<5>. An injector B is provided which induces a flow of water from a side pipe b<5> through a pipe B<1> connected with the side opening of a T-union B' through which runs a pipe b<10>, perforated along the section within the receptacle A. This pipe b<10> forms with a pipe b<7> external to it and connected to the T-union B' an annular passage b<12> through which water and steam condensed therein can enter the receptacle from the injector B. In operation, the injector is started and mingled streams of water and steam enter the receptacle A through the annular passage b<12> at the bottom. Power is then imparted to the propeller D and to the screen C. The water and filtering-material are forced through the funnel D<3> and thence against the spreader, whence it is circulated in all directions to the rear of the funnel D<3>. The mass is stated to be kept open and matting to be prevented by air currents injected through openings b<11> in the inner member b<10> of the annular passage b<12>. To discharge the material from the receptacle A, a plug E in the bottom is opened by means of a rock-shaft E' and a lever E<2>
Patent GB-190700685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Boxes.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 685. Brown, G. Jan. 10. Fastenings for boxes. The box is fastened by a cord placed outside the bottom, its ends being passed to the inside through holes j, Fig. 1, or eyelets attached to hooks, and being brought out again through holes k and looped under the cord at the bottom, or passed over the hooks, and finally secured over the top in the usual way. When the depending flaps h reach the bottom, the box is provided with holes s, s<1>, t, Fig. 5. One end of the cord is inserted through a hole s, passed out through the hole t, in the same end, looped over the slack or second end of the cord, re-inserted through the hole t, and passed under the length which first came through so as to form a knot on the inside. It is then passed through the hole s<1> to the outside again, looped over the previously mentioned slack, and left free. The slack end is then carried under the bottom to a hole s .at the other end, and the operation is repeated, after which the two ends are tied over the box.
Patent GB-190703063-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Substitute for Natural Bitumen.
Inventor: MARRIOTT THOMAS
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3063. Marriott, T. Feb. 7. Pitch;distilling tar.-Pitch for making bitumen substitutes is obtained by arresting the distillation of tar so that it may contain from 55 to 65 per cent of the volatile matters.
Patent GB-190703998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Securing of Glass in Motor-car Wind-screens and in other Glazed Frames.
Inventor: POOLE ABRAHAM NAPOLEON
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 3998. Poole, A. N. Feb. 18. Glazing windows &c.-Relates to means for glazing motor-car wind screens and other frames subject to vibration. A rubber strip having a flat middle web j and bulbed edges g, is placed round three sides of the glass, which is then inserted in a three-sided grooved frame a, b, c, and retained in position by cap plates h. In a modification, the rubber strip entirely surrounds the glass, and the frame is closed by a fourth side secured to the two adjacent sides a, c.
Patent GB-190710753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trimming Machines.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 10,753. North, W. S. May 8. Cutting-machines for fabrics. - Mechanism for cutting or trimming the lower ply of a folded fabric can be held out of operative position at will. It is shown applied to a sewing - machine where the purpose is that the cutting should commence at a distance from the edge of the fold and after the stitching has commenced. The lower cutter is fixed in the throat plate and its upper edge is flush with the surface. The upper reciprocating cutter 25 is carried by an arm 26 fixed to a shaft 27 and oscillated by a lever 49 which is clamped to the square end of the shaft. The lever 49 is actuated by a crank-pin 8 through the links 13, 14 and the link 52 of adjustable length. The link 13 is pivoted to a lever plate 10 mounted on the crank-pin, and the feed-frame 5 is also linked to this plate, the mechanism being such that the forward feeding movements take place just in advance of the actuations of the cutter. The link 14 is supported by a lever 15, which is normally held as shown by a spring 59. The cutting- mechanism is withdrawn by depressing the lever 15 by a treadle or knee-lever and chain 60<a>. The frame 29 which carries the cutter shaft 27 is slidably and removably mounted on the bracket 34. It is held in place by a cam-plate 47, and it is moved laterally, so as to adjust the cutter 25 relatively to the fixed cutter, by a screw 41. This screw is mounted in the frame 29 and lies in a hole, of which part is in the frame 29 and is smooth and part in the bracket and is threaded. By this positive adjustment, the use of a spring to keep the cutters in engagement is avoided. Fig. 17 shows the cutter as it is when just moved into operative position. The pointed end of the cutter is entering the lower ply of the material as this is fed along. The upper surface of the cutter is blunt and pushes the material upwards into a slot in the presser foot. The number of layers of fabric which the cutter penetrates is determined by the position of the nuts 57, 58. The crank-pin 8 is mounted adjustably in the crank-disk. It is carried by a block 18<a>, Fig. 11, the eccentricity of which can be adjusted by a screw 63 so as to vary the feed.
Patent GB-190711347-A (GB)
Title: Improved Telephonic Dictating System and Devices.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1907-05-15
Granted: 1908-05-15
Abstract: 11,347. Heys, W. G., [General Acoustic Co.]. May 15. Telephone systems. -In a telephone system, shown in Fig. 1, for enabling the manager of an office to dictate from his room to any of a number of stenographers and at the same time to listen to any enquiries which the latter may make, the connexion to each stenographer's desk is by three wires only, two talking circuits being established over the three wires, and a single battery 20 works all the talking circuits. The fittings in connexion with the central instrument are shown below the line A A. To call up a stenographer, say at station 1, the manager operates a jack switch 19<1>, which controls the connexions to that station, whereby a circuit is closed through a call-bell 13. The stenographer then takes her receiver from its hook 12, which closes two talking- circuits, one through the manager's transmitter 14 and the stenographer's receiver 11, the other through the stenographer's transmitter 10 and the manager's receiver 15 or 16, both circuits being completed through the wire l<1>, battery 20, line l<6>, aud switch hook 12. The battery 20, which is common to both circuits, is of very low resistance, so that the voice-currents in the one talking circuit produce no effect in the other. The manager is therefore able to speak over his own talking circuit without hearing his voice reproduced in the stenographer's talking circuit, although both circuits have a common return wire. The transmitters used are of a sensitive type, such as is described in Specification No. 11,343, A.D. 1902, and the manager is able, by means of a switch 22, to put in circuit either an ordinary receiver 15 or a loud-speaking receiver 16 furnished with a horn to be audible throughout the room. A stenographer wishing to call the manager's attention takes her receiver from its hook, thereby closing the circuit of a dropsignal 18<1>, 18<2>, or 18<3>, the dropping of which closes the circuit of a call-bell 17. The manager then operates the corresponding jack switch to establish the talking circuits. The drop-signals 18<1> &c. and a call-bell 17 are in the circuit of a separate battery 21. The call-bell may be rendered inoperative by opening a switch 25.
Patent GB-190714441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for Foster Mothers.
Inventor: SHAW GODFREY BARNSLEY
Filed: 1907-06-22
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 14,441. Shaw, G: B. June 22. Oil lamps.-The lamp a, of the kind in Specification No. 2001, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Agricultural appliances, Farmyard, &c.], is provided with a chimney b, preferably made in two parts, the lower of glass and the upper of metal. The upper part of the chimney may be moved up for the purpose of ignition, by a handle h sliding on one of the rods e.
Patent GB-190714771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cocks, Taps and the like.
Inventor: KLINGER RICHARD
Filed: 1907-06-26
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 14,771. Klinger, R. June 26. Plug cocks.-A plug cock is provided with a slightly conical removable liner c, Figs. 3 and 4, formed with internal projections d tapered at both ends and bored internally to fit the plug, rotation of the liner being prevented by the engagement of a pin in the casing with a slot h. Packing-material, preferably a mixture of asbestos and graphite, is placed between, above, and below the projections, and is pressed tight by a nut screwed into the casing at f.
Patent GB-190718612-A (GB)
Title: An Hydraulically Actuated Signalling Gear for Ships' Rudders.
Inventor: GIBLIN JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 18,612. Giblin, J. Aug. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Signals, marine.-To indicate to other ships the position of the rudder, the rudder cross-head is connected to pistons working in cylinders, and'the movement of the pistons is communicated hydraulically to a piston working in a cylinder at the mast, the movements of the latter piston being indicated by the relative positions of a flag and ball at the mast-head. Fig. 2 is a plan of the gear, and Fig. 3 an elevation at the mast. The cross-head is connected by a pin joint d to the position b<1>, c<1>, which work in the cylinders b, c. These cylinders are connected by piping e, f to the cylinder g at the mast, and the piston g<3> of the cylinder is connected by rods g<4>, g<5> to pulleys k, q. A cord attached to an eye bolt r<1>, passes over pulleys k, p, o, m, l, q, and is attached to a bolt r<2>. A movement of the rudder is communicated to the piston g<3> and is then indicated by the position of the flag s and ball t, which are attached to the cord j. In a modification, the piston g<3> may operate the cords'carrying the signals through a rack and pinion, and at night the flag and ball may be replaced by lamps.
Patent GB-190720091-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-skidding Device for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MARDON JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 20,091. Mardon, J. Sept. 9. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-A non-skid device for motor road vehicles comprises two brackets 2 mounted on the axle, each bracket having a socket 3 in which are pivoted two independent arms 5 provided with road-gripping disks 6, or pivoted runners. Each arm is kept operative by a spring 9 and is limited in movement by a stop 8, only one such spring and stop being shown. When a runner 11, Figs. 2 and 3, is used, it is pivoted to the arm 5 to allow for irregularities in the road.
Patent GB-190720216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Locks for Car Doors and the like.
Inventor: FELDMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1907-09-10
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 20,216. Feldmann, W. Sept. 10. Centrifugal governors; ; tnansmitting-mechanism.- In a system of car door fastenings operated by a centrifugal governor on one of the axles of the car, the governor balls actuate a disk f mounted to slide on the axle, and provided with a cam-groove g into which a pin h on the rod i for operating the bolts enters when the disk is drawn forwards by the action of the governor. The pin h, provided with a roller if desired, is by this means brought to bear against the circumference of the disk f, and the rod i is displaced sufficiently thereby to lock the doors. A weight or spring may be provided to return the rod i to its initial position.
Patent GB-190723419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WINANS THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 23,419. Winans, T. Oct. 23. [Cognate Application No. 884, A. D. 1908, dated Jan. 14.] Tyres, pneumatic.-In pneumatic tyres in which the tread is formed of a series of metal pieces having edges incurved to embrace beads on a cover divided along the tread, the metal pieces a are riveted to a leather or like inner band b.
Patent GB-190725411-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Tool for Boring or Cutting Elliptical or Oval and Circular Holes in Metallic Plates.
Inventor: GARNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 25,411. Garner, W., Telford, R., and Hardman, J. E. Nov. 16. Boring and drilling; manhole and like cutters.- For cutting oval' or. circular holes in metallic plates, a tool B is employed having a plate a with a camgroove a<x> of the required form which controls the motion of the arm d<1> carrying an adjustable toolholder g. The plate a is bolted to a block b to which is fixed the plate to be operated upon. A spindle c passes through an enlarged hole d<3> in the arm d<1>, the hole d<3> allowing,of free motion of the arm d<1> and being covered by a plate e.
Patent GB-190728185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Shutters of Photographic Hand Cameras.
Inventor: BOOTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-21
Granted: 1908-12-21
Abstract: 28,185. Booth, W. Dec. 21. Iris diaphragms. - In a spring-controlled shutter, the spring is altered according to the actinometer time value. The iris diaphragm scale is graduated according to the view photographed. The rotary index pointer j, Fig. 1, is connected with the shutter spring h, Fig. 3, and is positioned by notches which correspond to graduations in actinometrical time values. A corresponding second's scale may be marked in addition. The spring h of the shutter is attached to the operative lever b. The free end of this lever is weighted at f to balance and steady the motion during exposure, when operated by a lever u.
Patent GB-190801803-A (GB)
Title: An Anti-fricton Mounting for the Swaying Bodies of Centrifugal Governors.
Inventor: TEMPLE ROBERT DE
IPC: G05D13/10
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 1803. Temple, R. de. Jan. 27. Centrifugal governors.-The weights d of an astatic centrifugal governor are carried on supports l having knife or rounded edges. The weights are mounted in a drum q, the centrifugal force acting against springs (not shown) placed in a recess x between heads z on cross-bolts and the backs y of the weights. The regulation transmission lever i carries bolts b entering recesses e in the weights. Pairs of knife-edge supports may be used on either side of the transmission lever or one pair may be replaced by a single support ; or a pair of supports can be used in the centre of the weights with pivoted levers p, similar to the transmission lever, holding the weights on the knife-edges. The effective length of the levers p, i and supports l are equal.
Patent GB-190804921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Domestic and like Fire Grates.
Inventor: SCHLETTER PERCY
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 4921. Schletter, P. March 4. Grates.-A removable inner grate a, Fig. 1, for use in stationary grates comprises walls and a bottom formed by fire-bars, and is provided with handles b by which it can be lifted into a box or carrier when it is desired to move the grate to another room. The inner grate may be furnished with feet so as to be capable of standing on a hearth, or it may be suspended by means of the handles from hooks &c. The box or carrier d, Fig. 3, has closed sides and may be provided with a lid; it has one or more handles e, and a socket f is provided at each end to receive hooks used for handling the inner grate. Register and like fire-grates may be provided with hinged fronts to facilitate the insertion or removal of the inner grate. Specification No. 2855, A.D. 1868, is referred to.
Patent GB-190806259-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for Decomposing Ground Phosphates.
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 6259. Krupp Akt.-Ges. Grusonwerk, F. May 4, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Phosphates. - In a process for decomposing phosphates into superphosphates, a continuous layer of powdered phosphate is moistened by sprays or jets of acid, and the mixture, in process of decomposition, is cooled and loosened by a current of air and distributed mechanically in the phosphate cellar so that it is deposited loosely therein. In the apparatus shown, the phosphate is fed from a hopper a into a second hopper c by a worm-conveyer b, and falls into a thin continuous layer on to a centrifugal plate f, secured to a shaft mounted axially in the hopper c. Acid is sprayed on to the phosphate from jets in a ring d. The centrifugal plate distributes the phosphate loosely in the cellar, and a current of air is drawn through the phosphate by vanes g on the plate b, or by other means. A conical plate may be substituted for a plane one, or fan or beater cylinders may be used.
Patent GB-190806353-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bullet Trap and Target Holder.
Inventor: BRAIN HOWARD GEORGE
IPC: F41J13/00
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 6353. Brain, H. G., and Stephens, F. E. March 21. Targets.-Bullet-catchers for miniature ranges are constructed of converging or inclined plates which deflect the bullets into a retarding or stop chamber over a collecting-box. Fig. 1 shows a catcher in the form of a truncated pyramid a joined by a curved neck l to an horizontal curved chamber j, in which the bullets rotate until their force is expended, when they drop through an outlet m. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the bullets are deflected by an inclined plate d into a cylindrical chamber j. A card target is suspended from hooks &c. in front of an opening h in a front g, preferably of wood.
Patent GB-190810045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grinding Machines
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 10,045. Fichtel & Sachs. May 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Producing curved surfaces; grooving. - In a machine for grinding surfaces to a circular arc of definite radius, more particularly for grinding grooves in steel races for ball bearings, the workholder support is made to oscillate continuously about a centre in front of a revolving grinding- wheel on a stationary support, the distance between the centre of oscillation and the circumference of the work being equal to the radius of the groove to be ground. The grinding-wheel a is mounted on a compound slide b, s on a pedestal p, and can be adjusted to compensate for wear. The workholder support h is mounted on a compound slide carried by a conical pin i, mounted in a suitable guide in the pedestal p. The pin i may be held positively in its socket or guide, but is preferably of such dimensions that it is held there by its own weight. The work-support h is oscillated about the pin i by hand or by a power-driven crankdisk t, having an adjustable arm and a connecting- rod m. The work d is mounted on a mandrel, driven by a pulley g through a suitable clutch and mounted between centres in the support h. When one piece of work is ground, the grinding-wheel a is withdrawn to allow another piece to be substituted, the adjustment of the work-support remaining unaltered. The machine may be arranged to grind internal grooves.
Patent GB-190812649-A (GB)
Title: Photographic Dark Room Lamp for Variously Coloured Light.
Inventor: MUTHEL MAX
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 12,649. Muthel, M. June 12, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lanterns. - A photographic lantern for dark rooms of the type which is constructed with h a series of chambers fitted with glasses of different colours, and in which a lamp or cardle is so arranged that it can be moved from one chamber to another to change the colour of the light, is constructed as shown, with the chambers arranged one above the other, so as to be compact and of simple con-. struction, and to facilitate manipulation. The lan-, tern comprises a red glass cylinder B, and a yellow glass cylinder A, the cylinders being con-. nected by a screwed ring. The lamp L is carried by a slide C, which is fitted with a shade S adapted to co-operate with a ring T to shut off the light from the chamber A, when the lamp is in the chamber B. The base D is provided with air inlets, and is provided with a plate E. over the opening in which a cap F is placed. The top of the lantern is closed by a cap J provided with air holes. The lighting means may consist of a candle held by a light wire holder. The Specification in the original form, as open to public inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), com-, prises also a lantern with more than two chambers, and one in which the chambers are arranged side by side ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190813099-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bath Tub.
Inventor: GUTMACHER SYLVAIN
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 13,099. Gutmacher, S. June 19. Baths for invalids. To enable the bath to be entered at the floor level, the foot end a is made removable and a sluice b is inserted at a short distance. The patient passes in at the open end, the door a is shut, and the sluice b opened so that the water occupies the whole of the bath. The part between the sluice b and the end a is emptied first, so that when the patient passes out no water escapes. The end a may be hinged at one side.